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Chapter 37: Lord of the frozen heaven
The pillar obliterated just metres away from Mayuri wounding him down one side. The ominous blue glow filled the atmosphere as a figure was seen floating in the pillars interior. Mayuri's eyes widened, "Huh? What is this!" Mayuri said puzzled.
The glow dimmed as the man slowly floated down to the ground. The man was holding a spherical shaped object that shined a brilliant yellow, his face covered with a plain mask and his entire body concealed in a full body dark blue suit. The man walked towards Mayuri now kneeling in an attempt to recover his strength. Mayuri looked up at the man, "That's the artefact! How did you defeat that creature?" He questioned.
The man began to speak in an ominous tone that echoed as he spoke, "This artefact belongs to my master. That is all you need to know." The man placed the artefact inside his chest and then used his sharp claws to swipe Mayuri across the face. Mayuri falls to the ground before the man picking him up by the throat. "You will perish here." The man began to choke Mayuri.
Mayuri, now choking was making a desperate attempt to breathe before everything fell silent. The man spoke, "One down..." The man was cut off mid sentence as Mayuri sprang to life in his hands. "What's this?" The man sets Mayuri free from his grip and takes a step back.
Mayuri pulls a weird face at the man, "You didn't seriously think that would beat me did you? You are even more of an idiot than I thought! Claw out, Ashisogi Jizō!" Mayuri lunges at the man with his Zanpakutou and cuts straight down his side. Mayuri sheathes his blade triumphantly before turning to Nemu, "Nemu, dismember his body will you? Take him to the lab for testing." Mayuri calmly spoke before Nemu pointed behind him. Mayuri turned to see the figure still standing perfectly fine. "Still standing are you?" Mayuri unsheathes his blade and swipes the man, the man blurred and disappeared. "An illusion eh? Very interesting..." Mayuri turned to see the man behind him. "Predictable attacking me from behind!" Mayuri attacks once more but then looks around to see the man surrounding him from all sides.
Every figure spoke simultaneously to the captain, "I am the sexto Deidad, Takeo Yamauchi!" Takeo held his arm out with his fist clenched, a dark aura encircled the man as a sword emerged from his hand. The sword was dark in colour with a green shine to the blade; the sword was shaped as a Talwar.
Mayuri gasped before thrusting his arm into his lieutenants' stomach, after a brief moment he pulls out a vial with a strange red substance inside. Mayuri smiles ecstatically before flicking the cork off the vial, "This is going to be exciting!" Mayuri shouted.
Hitsugaya wandered the village peering around every corner he came across, whilst walking he noticed the residents were all staring at him and whispering to themselves. Iseul began to speak, "I suppose your wandering why they are muttering about you?"
Hitsugaya turned, "Is it because my father ruled this land?" He asked.
Iseul replied, "No. It is because you abandoned this place at around this time. But, don't worry you have me on your side." Iseul stepped onto a podium, "People of this land! I bring you the son of our saviour! In minutes he will be reunited with his father!" Iseul shouted to the residents of the village.
Hitsugaya stood with his eyes wide open as villagers began cheering to the young captain. "W-what? Iseul!" Hitsugaya called Iseul over and began to ask questions. "Where is my father? Why are you showing me all of this?" He asked.
Iseul pointed towards a house that was larger than the rest and built to a higher standard. "In there you will find your answers. Let's go!" Iseul ran towards the house and Hitsugaya followed. They reached the entrance to the house, at its door stood two guards with standard samurai armour. "Let us in. I am one of the elite guards of lord Hitsugaya and...I also bring a nice surprise with me." Iseul said smiling. The guard nodded and opened the double doors leading to the hallway inside. "Come boy, here is the grand hall of our leader!" Iseul said.
Hitsugaya walked in looking ahead of him to see a throne with a man who resembles himself only older. Beside the throne were a series of shinigami wearing noble clothes. Iseul showed the captain to his father. "My lord!" Iseul bows down to the seated man and encourages Hitsugaya to do so as well. Iseul rises, "You son has returned to us your lordship, he also bares the frozen dragon in his soul."
The seated man rises and begins to speak; his voice similar to Hitsugaya's but slightly deeper, "My son...Toushiro. Tell me my son, why did you leave the safety of your home for the sake of that pathetic girl?" His father yelled.
Hitsugaya gasps, "Girl?" He asks in confusion.
His father replies, "Yes. She was a warm hearted woman with a sword of fire. Why did you leave us for her! She goes by the name of Hinamori!" His father shouts now angered.
Hitsugaya grasps his sword and charges at his father, the two guards next to him block the oncoming strike, "YOU LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS! What is she to you anyway!" Hitsugaya snaps.
Iseul grabs the captain by his collar and throws him to the ground, "This is our leader you're talking to! Show some respect!" Iseul shouts.
Hitsugaya gets up and dusts himself off before remaining calm, "Leave Momo out of this. Iseul! Why have you sent me here?" He asked.
His father cut in, "You were sent back here because this is where you belong. Everything you see here is a memory but the spiritual energy of me and this islands inhabitants were preserved here so, it's more like a living memory. My name is Hitsugaya Koori, in case you had forgotten. Did Iseul say anything about you achieving power beyond reckoning?" Koori asked.
Hitsugaya thought for a moment, "He said that I could become so much more than what I am now." He replied.
Koori sat down on his throne, "Your Zanpakutou. He is the strongest ice based Zanpakutou in existence. This is what the spirit king wanted you to believe anyway. There is in fact an even stronger sword in existence, one that could bring enemies to their knees in seconds!" Koori stated.
Hitsugaya gasped, "What? You're lying!" He shouted.
Koori stood up and revealed his Zanpakutou attached to his waist, "No my son, I am talking about the final stage of your own Zanpakutou, Hyourinmaru is shared between a total of three shinigami. The first being me, the second and third are my two sons. Now I shall unlock the final stage of your Zanpakutou so that you can release this island from its everlasting torture!" He shouted.
"Torture?" Hitsugaya said. "What do you mean?"
Iseul stared into Koori's eyes, "Indeed. What are you talking about?"
Koori drew his blade, the sword instantly transforming into shikai, "I am talking about a curse the Deidad have placed on us all! You see this island met its demise a long time ago, only only two of us survived. One being me and the other being Iseul, I encased myself in a thought to be unbreakable barrier of ice in order to protect myself from danger...Iseul on the other hand joined a mysterious group of shinigami known as the Deidads. Using their incredible power, he managed to thaw me from my ice barrier and rebuild this world to a time before the accident..." Koori explained.
Iseul drew his blade, "This is preposterous master! Do not say another word!" Iseul held his blade up high but was stopped by a series of guards. "Get off of me you useless souls!" Iseul struggled.
Koori placed his hand upon his sons shoulder, "This memory is just one day before the accident and this day repeats itself nonstop! This is the curse, forever having to repeat this same day over and over. I must fuse my blade with yours now...You must defeat him so that we can be free!" Koori plunges his blade into his sons stomach, ice emerges from the wound entrance surrounding Hitsugaya.
Iseul swings his blade taking out the guards surrounding him, "You said that you would keep him here! That he would be forever trapped on this island! Now I know that I should have just killed you from the start!"
Koori spoke, "I was going to at first, but then I realised if I did that then I would be a mirror image of you."
Iseul becomes enraged and races towards Koori before being thrown back by a huge blast of spiritual energy from within Hitsugaya. The ice smashes as the captain stands tall, his Zanpakutou in hand and a blue aura flowing from him. Iseul stares in terror, "That blade! It can't be! The legend was actually true!" Iseul gets himself to his feet.
Hitsugaya turns his head and stares at the Deidad, his eyes bright blue. Wings made from ice sprout from his back as the captain charges towards Iseul. He swings his blade down on Iseul's colliding with enough force to throw the Deidad back and into the wall behind him. "You're a cruel man Iseul. This place is nothing but a nightmare created by your own hands! Now you must fall!" Hitsugaya flies towards Iseul but before he could strike, water encased the Deidad.
A deep voice is heard from within the globe of water, "Ban-kai!" The water spins violently around Iseul getting closer to him over time, eventually the water reaches his blade and the tip of the sword splits into four hooks bending down. "Kyodai Furimawasu!" a huge wave summons from behind him and crashes down onto the captain. The wave suddenly splits in half as Hitsugaya cuts through the water. "It's going to take a lot more than some legend to take me down!" Iseul wraps himself in water and glides towards the captain to lock blades. "Tell me, why is this place so important to you? Is my life really worth the lives of these memories?" Iseul asked.
Hitsugaya became enraged, "You showed me my father! You enslaved him in this place and tried to murder him! That's more than enough for me to kill you! RYUSENKA!" A huge arrow of ice protrudes from his blade and pierces Iseul.
The body turns to water and falls to the ground, a voice is heard from behind Hitsugaya, "Did you think I would let you take me that easily? Come on you can do better than this!" Iseul points his sword out in front of him, "Now, feel the darkness of the abyss!" The hooks on the end of his sword turn jet black as he thrusts his sword down Hitsugaya's back. The surrounding area turns dark as Hitsugaya begins to feel a huge force pushing against him. Iseul begins to speak, his voice echoing, "How do you like my ocean captain?" Iseul laughs.
Hitsugaya struggles to move as water was being thrown against his body, "(An ocean? What?...)" Hitsugaya struggles to breathe as Iseul stands above him laughing.
"You wont win! Not with the power of the ocean on my side, now to finish this!" Iseul turns and swings in an upwards direction shooting out of the sea and high up into the sky, "Let's see you live after this prodigy..." Iseul begins to gather energy from all around him, his sword starts to glow bright blue. Iseul raises his sword above his head the tip pointing downwards into the sea, "Hahahaha! Feel... My... Power... Unabara Mikotos' Tsukisasu!" Iseul launches his Zanpakutou down into the ocean, the sword itself now huge with an afterimage of a leviathan behind it.